1 GETTING STARTEDAbout the Switch 1000Part of 3Com’s SuperStack ® II range of products,the Switch 1000 is designed to overcome thecommon problem of insufficient bandwidth fortoday’s growing network applications, while provid-ing low-cost, high performance networking withlittle need for configuration. Use the Switch 1000 toprovide your users with greater bandwidth, fasterthroughput and high speed links.The SuperStack II Switch 1000 is a revision of theLinkSwitch 1000.Summary of FeaturesThe Switch 1000 has the following features:n 12 or 24 Ethernet 10BASE-T portsn Fast Ethernet 100BASE-TX portn Plug-in Module slot (Asynchronous TransferMode (ATM) and Fast Ethernet)n Transceiver Module slot (10Mbps Ethernet)n Support for up to 500 endstations, unlimited sta-tions on backbone portn Four forwarding modes for packetsn Intelligent Flow Management for congestioncontroln Full duplex on all fixed Ethernet and Fast Ethernetports, and Fast Ethernet Plug-in Module portsn Securityn Resilient Linksn Support for 16 Virtual LANs (VLANs)n Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) per VLANn PACE (Priority Access Control Enabled) for sup-porting multimedia applications over Ethernetn 3Com’s SuperStack II architecture:n Connects to Redundant Power Systemn Integrated network managementn 19-inch rack or stand-alone mountingn SmartAgent support:n IP and IPX management over SNMPn RMONn Repeater and Bridge MIBn Broadcast storm controln Easy software upgradesn BOOTP for automatic IP address configurationn Local management
